What is business? Well, here’s a 1948 instructional video to tell you all about it. I wrote a post, What is business?, on this subject last year. But there’s just something kinda kitschy and fun about this 1948 educational video…where we see "Mother" and Joan waving to "Father" as he sets off in the […]
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How to become a business owner – wondering how? The first step to discovering how to be a business owner is deciding that becoming a business owner is right for you. The way to decide whether owning a business is something you should pursue is to invest the time and energy in understanding what it
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Have the confidence to see yourself as an expert. When thinking about whether to become an independent consultant, you may wonder whether you can really bill yourself as an expert. Don’t get bogged down in the concept of being the absolutely best. Understand that there will always be someone who knows more than you about
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I’ve been a consultant for more than 13 years. I love consulting and I love helping other people get into it. Heck, I’ve written hundreds of articles on consulting for this site. I’d have to love what I do to pump out that much content! But even I have my days.
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Average consulting rates vary from industry to industry. If you’re pondering average consulting rates, you probably need to finetune your search. Here’s how…
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Ah, it’s the Friday before the last long weekend of summer here in Canada. We have Labour Day on Monday. Then, on Tuesday, it’s back to school time for my kids. I’ve been racing around trying to get booster shots, make appointments with the principal and teacher, source new BPA/lead/PVC-free lunch containers, go to meet
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Dear Consultant Journal: I’ve been running my consulting business for a few years now. I have established a network and I get a lot of leads. And sometimes I’m working on project teams where I know that, if I was in the lead, I could be managing some of the vendors. How do you know
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Building credit for your small business is important because you never know when you’ll want access to more funds, be it for expansion or to help out in a pinch. And what better time to think about building credit for your small business than now, because credit is easier to build when you’re riding the
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Bad credit debt consolidation loans are a good idea if the numbers work. However, bad credit debt consolidation loans are not the only option for getting out of debt. In order to figure out if a bad credit debt consolidation loan is right for you, you need to get a sense of your overall financial
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How is authenticity demonstrated as a consultant? According to Ryan and Bellman: “Authenticity is the difference between being and playing.”
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